Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

EFFICIENT USE OF CRITICAL METALS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY - IDENTIFICATION, REUSE AND RECOVERY
Alexandra Pehlken, Chen Ming, Kerstin Kuchta, Jorge Marx Gómez

Last modified: 2014-09-11

Abstract


The presented case study analyses the resource potential of End-of-Life vehicle recycling in Germany and the PR of China, especially of strategic and critical metals. In the recycling hierarchy the reuse of used parts always achieves the most favorable eco-balance and thus, gains the highest priority. Apart from batteries critical metals can be found in catalysts and neodymium magnets. Besides cobalt and gallium, neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium and terbium are identified as relevant in the automotive sector and they are all classified as strategic metals.

Keywords


critical metals; automotive; China; rare earth elements

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